Internal flight

Internal flight S/he: ‘I am terrified by this dark thing That sleeps in me; All day I feel it soft, featuring turning, its malignity’ (Sylvia Plath- Elm) Wearing the nights as gloves before surgery In this filigree s-hell, I built up soft striations— a spirderweb I’m caught in soft bones A nest I do not own. Neither these words, neither these swords like dandelion seeds coming in and out an exhausted mouthhhhhhh What is thhhhhh is What is thissssss ...